"Connected Learning is a theory of learning that strives to connect and leverage all the various experiences, interests, communities and contexts in which learners participate - in and out of school - as potential learning opportunities."

"The strategies discussed in this series are specific to closed, small, online, for-credit courses, though the principles discussed regarding student needs’ and barriers to group work online are universal to almost all formats of online learning experiences."

I have been battling the notion of "designing instruction for learning styles" in my own quixotic fashion for a couple of decades now.

Knud Skov's insight:

More than 25 years of research on this and related themes have not provided any form of conclusive evidence that matching the form of instruction to learning style improved learning or even attention.Learning styles do not predict learning under different instructional conditions. There are no "visual" or "verbal" learners etc. No reviews of the research on learning styles have reached a positive conclusion. There are studies of learning styles (many of them designed by advocates or sales people for different style measures) that reach positive conclusions but the reviews conclude that those studies are poorly designed (or at least designed to find positive results for favored style measures).

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The classroom. The dominant philosophy seems to be to make the walls a living, text-based extension of what students learn in class. Add chart paper explaining concepts. Add processes and procedures for academic endeavors. Make word walls so that students have a visual reference. It sounds great.

Fun learning with Lego in the yellow bus New Straits Times JOHOR BARU: A BIG yellow bus with a variety of Lego-themed learning activities became the centre of attraction for pre-schoolers and primary level pupils during the launch of the Legoland...

New learning theories make their way into designing school interior and architecture. With terror I watch how many parents and teachers buys smartphones, tablets and lots of app’s and then they think the child will learn, just like that!

PowToon is a new animated presentation tool that can be used by students or teachers to create videos or just presentations. If you’ve used Prezi before, you’ll definitely like this! We even made our EdTech discovery app campaign video with it.

QR codes (Quick Response) are two-dimensional bar codes whose distinct pattern have been encoded with specific information such as advertisements, websites, business cards, etc. In fact in Japan, QR codes are even used to buy groceries! Due to the increasing popularity of mobile devices, QR codes are becoming more and more invaluable in that content can be quickly and easily accessed using the device's built-in camera.

A free online community devoted solely to education in the 21st Century. Communicate, Collaborate, Network, Share and Learn. We have so much to talk about.

Google Docs is such an incredible tool for college students, offering collaboration, portability, ease of use, and widespread acceptance. But there are so many options, both hidden and obvious, that there’s a good chance you’re not using Google Docs to its fullest capability.

With today’s technology, students can take control of their browser by using customizable web apps and extensions to stay on task.

Web apps offer a personalized browsing experience for you and your needs. Google’s Chrome browser has effective web apps to help students create a focused, more productive and intuitive way to study while online.

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